NAME..

GRADE ..

DATE..

WORKSHEET PAST TENSE SIMPLE

1. Fill in with WAS or WERE. Then turn the sentences into the negative and the
interrogative:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Where .you last Sunday?

I ... at home last night.
..
Jack at school this morning?
Susan ..at work last week.
.... your grandparents French?
I ..... in Italy.

2. Put the words in the correct order.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

morning? at you this were work

was I in London yesterday
last were night they in restaurant
Where
your was mother born?
a teacher my
grandmother was
I born Paris in was

3. Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Tense Simple:

1. Paul (drink) ..... a pint of beer last night.
2. Diana (play) .....the piano last night.
3. Daniel and his companions (walk) .....through the forest yesterday.
4. Mother (prepare) ..... a marvellous dinner last night.
5. His brother (hurry) ..... to catch the last train for Cardiff.
6. Tony (speak) ..... to his grandfather after supper.
7. Shakespeare (write) .....both comedies and tragedies.
8. The Second World War (begin) ..... in 1939.
9. Julie (buy) ..... jam and sugar at the grocers yesterday.
10.They (grow) ..... carrots and cabbages in their garden last year.
11.The couple of artists (leave) ..... Canada two tears ago.
12.Tom (lose) ..... all his money at the casino last night.
13.Susie (wake up) ..... late yesterday morning.
14.The teacher (read) ..... us an interesting article last week.
15.They (light) ..... the fire in the dinning- room last night.
16.Two days ago they (cycle) .....from London to Liverpool.
17.She (buy) ..... a new pair of shoes yesterday.
18.The Browns (meet) ..... their friends at the cinema yesterday.
19.He (dislike) ..... his friends behaviour at the party.
20.She (laugh) .....at my trying to eat with chopsticks.
21.I (eat) ..... a lot of fresh fruit last week.
22.Mary (go) ..... for a walk with her friend yesterday evening.
23.The children (make) ..... a robot from empty boxes yesterday.
24.Jane (take) ..... her dog for a walk last night.
25.They (see) ..... a good film on TV last Sunday.
26.I (be) ..... on duty yesterday at school.
27.She (give) ..... me a wonderful present.
28.Sheila (write) ..... a letter to her parents from the summer camp.
29.Ben (read) ..... Robinson Crusoe when he was eleven.

30.Tony (have) ..... a good time at my birthday party.